Spite was letting them talk... though he was very much watching it happen, a wide grin on his face. Lucanis knew he should be suspicious, like when an animal suddenly goes quiet, but Davrin's sweetness was terribly distracting.
"Men like you are why the Wardens have the reputation they do. Brave, honorable, everything a hero should be," he said, reaching up to touch Davrin's wrist. "... I am sorry you felt out of place in your family, and what made you leave, but... the world is a better place for having you out in it, helping people."
Treviso alone had felt the benefit of Davrin's help in countless lives.
Lucanis had felt the benefit of Davrin's attention. For all that they'd started off at odds, without Davrin and Rook, Lucanis isn't sure where he'd be right now.
No, he knows. Dead at the bottom of Rialto Bay. Maybe face down in one of the canals choked with blight and bodies already, one more casualty.
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"Men like you are why the Wardens have the reputation they do. Brave, honorable, everything a hero should be," he said, reaching up to touch Davrin's wrist. "... I am sorry you felt out of place in your family, and what made you leave, but... the world is a better place for having you out in it, helping people."
Treviso alone had felt the benefit of Davrin's help in countless lives.
Lucanis had felt the benefit of Davrin's attention. For all that they'd started off at odds, without Davrin and Rook, Lucanis isn't sure where he'd be right now.
No, he knows. Dead at the bottom of Rialto Bay. Maybe face down in one of the canals choked with blight and bodies already, one more casualty.
{{ HE THOUGHT YOU WERE ATTRACTIVE RIGHT AWAY. }}
Aaand there was the moment killer.
"Not helping, Spite."